Sunday, December 27, 2015

"COLOR GIVES US CLARITY" &COPY; SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Color Gives Us Clarity"

20"x20" stretched canvas

Private Collection

Occasionally I set aside time to experiment and do something for the house. This project is part of that. Recently I bought a rug for our bathroom. I thought it would be fun to have it kind of have a theme...this theme was COLOR.

The rug was just a fun bit of color and design, so I decided to carry it on to the walls in a couple of ways. This first way was to take a slice out of the canvas for a bit of a mimic of the design and COLOR. There is a lot of texture on the remaining negative space giving it some interest beyond the obvious slice of design and color. I played a bit with the idea of adding bits of color in the negative space, but wasn't happy with it. It sort of sat on the canvas until last night when I woke up knowing that I wanted to add a phrase that meant something to ME...and after finding a font I liked I put it on and voila`, that was all I felt it needed! I painted around the sides and have it hanging in my bathroom as we speak!

I want to take this idea of a slice of something further, so plan to do others in different subject matter...THIS may be the project I was looking for to bring to the public much like the "101 Pet Portraits in 101 Days" project...stay tuned! FUN DOINS!